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United Farmers Coop

Location: Wiinthrop, MN
Date: 1-Jan-2009

38,000 ton plant

800 TPH Receiving

200 Ton Blend Tower and 150 Ton Wholesale Tower

Blend and Wholesale Towers

Load-Out

United Farmers Coop – Winthrop, MN

The new fertilizer facility at Winthrop, MN stores 38,000 ton of fertilizer in seven bins. The facility was designed for maximum efficiency and productivity. This allowed the coop to reduce the number of facilities required to serve their customer base.

The 800 TPH receiving system is designed to unload unit trains at a rate of approximately 8 minutes per car. A separate hopper for truck unloading is also included.

A single in-floor reclaim system is utilized to fill either the 200 ton blend tower of the 150 ton wholesale tower. A second reclaim system can be installed in the future. The 250 TPH system provides efficient conveying of conditioned product.

The two separate towers allow for simultaneous losing of blended or straight product. Through-put rates of up to 350 TPH are achieved.

The facility utilizes state of the art computer automation to monitor and control both receiving and load-out operations.

This facility will serve a large radius and allows the coop to reduce the number of facilities needed to serve its’ trade area as well as supply other companies.

The inland terminal concept allows the owner to utilize people and equipment more efficiently and ensures product will be available for all its’ customers.

Central Valley Ag Cooperative

Location: Oakland, NE
Date: 1-Aug-2007

Oakland, NE

Monroe, NE

Oakland, NE

Central Valley Ag began construction of a new grain and agronomy facility 3 miles north of Oakland, NE in April of 2005. The completed facility officially opened in August of 2007.

The 120 acre site includes a circle track for load out of 110 car unit trains of grain as well as receiving unit trains of dry and liquid fertilizer. The Union Pacific Rail Road serves this site.

The 28,000 ton dry fertilizer facility is the second for Central Valley Ag. The Oakland facility utilizes an 800 TPH receiving system for unloading unit trains of fertilizer. The system is also capable of unloading trucks.

The load-out system consists of a 250 TPH in-floor reclaim system feeding a 200 ton Blend Tower. The tower system is capable of 200 TPH load-out of blended or straight product.

A 43,000 ton dry fertilizer facility was completed in the winter of 2004 for Central Valley Ag at Monroe, NE. This facility is served by the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Rail Road. Unit trains and trucks are unloaded at a rate of 800 TPH and the system is capable of loading directly from rail cars into trucks.

The 250 TPH load-out system utilizes a twin in-floor reclaim system; both feeding a 200 ton Blend Tower and a 150 ton Bulk Tower. Combined capacities of both towers exceed 500 TPH.

The company plans to conduct both retail and wholesale business at both facilities.